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Darley Mountain

Coordinates: 37°58′58″N 107°35′17″W / 37.9827669°N 107.5881045°W / 37.9827669; -107.5881045
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Darley Mountain
Southwest aspect
Highest point
Elevation13,260 ft (4,042 m)[1]
Prominence480 ft (150 m)[2]
Parent peakWildhorse Peak (13,266 ft)[3]
Isolation2.19 mi (3.52 km)[3]
Coordinates37°58′58″N 107°35′17″W / 37.9827669°N 107.5881045°W / 37.9827669; -107.5881045[4]
Naming
EtymologyGeorge M. Darley
Geography
Darley Mountain is located in Colorado
Darley Mountain
Darley Mountain
Location in Colorado
Darley Mountain is located in the United States
Darley Mountain
Darley Mountain
Darley Mountain (the United States)
LocationHinsdale County / Ouray County
Colorado, US
Parent rangeRocky Mountains
San Juan Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Handies Peak
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 2 hiking[3]

Darley Mountain is a 13,260-foot-elevation (4,042 meter) mountain summit located on the shared boundary of Hinsdale County with Ouray County, in southwest Colorado, United States.[4] It is situated five miles southeast of the community of Ouray, in the Uncompahgre Wilderness, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of the San Juan Mountains which are a subset of the Rocky Mountains, and is west of the Continental Divide. Neighboring geographic features include Engineer Pass 0.6 mile to the southeast, Engineer Mountain 0.9 mile to the south, and nearest higher neighbor Wildhorse Peak 2.2 miles to the north.[2] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1992 by the United States Board on Geographic Names to commemorate George Marshall Darley (1847–1917), pioneering minister of the San Juan Mountains, who founded and built the first church in western Colorado in Lake City in 1876.[5] Lake City is approximately 16 miles east of this mountain.

Climate

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According to the Köppen climate classification system, Darley Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[6] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's west aspect drains into the Uncompahgre River via Bear Creek, and from the east slope into Henson Creek which is a tributary of the Gunnison River.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ United States Board on Geographic Names, Decision List 1992, page 5.
  2. ^ a b "Darley Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com.
  3. ^ a b c "Darley Mountain - 13,260' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  4. ^ a b "Darley Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  5. ^ United States Board on Geographic Names, Decision List 1992, page 5.
  6. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
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